Unicode Character "~" U+FF5E Fullwidth Tilde

Unicode Version 15.1

Summary

The unicode character "~" at code point U+FF5E is Fullwidth Tilde. It is a character in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block and is part of the Common script. The character is a math symbol. The UTF-8 encoding of "~" is 0xEF 0xBD 0x9E and the UTF-16 encoding is 0xFF5E.

General Properties

Code Point U+FF5E
Version Added 1.1
Name Fullwidth Tilde
Unicode 1.0 Name Fullwidth Spacing Tilde
Block Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
General Category Math Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Decomposition Type Wide
Decomposition Mapping "~" U+007E Tilde

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ~
HTML Hex Encoding ~
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xBD 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFF5E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FF5E
C/C++/Java Escape \uff5e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Fullwidth
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "~" U+007E Tilde
NFKC Simple Casefold "~" U+007E Tilde
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Math Yes
Vertical Orientation Transformed Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other